“5G and AI Transforming the Next Generation of Robotics,” a Presentation from Qualcomm

© 2021 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
5G and AI Transforming the
Next Generation of Robotics
Kishore Chakravadhanula
Product Manager, Staff
Robotics, Drone & Intelligent Machines
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Technology fueling tomorrow’s robotic innovations
XR
Heterogeneous Computing
Distributed Intelligence
5G Connectivity © 2021 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Technology fueling tomorrow's robotic innovations

© 2021 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. 3
Low-power
real-time
DSP
Sequential
control
Computer
vision
CV-ISP
Assign right task for the
right processing engine
NPU
Streaming
parallel data
Ultra fast AI
inferencing
Real-time
Control AI/ML
Robotics
applications
Camera
Processing
Pixel
Rendering
Camera
Accessible & programmable processing engines
A computing approach
that intelligently uses
fundamentally different types
of processing engines
Heterogeneous
computing
Each processing engine
has its own strengths
Specialization
is key for
robotics

5G Is Far More Than Just Mobile
To meet an extreme variation of 5G NR requirements
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Mission-critical services
Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X)
Drone communications | Private Networks
Ultra Reliable Low Latency Comms (URLLC)
Enhanced Mobile Broadband
Spectrum sharing | Flexible slot-based framework
Scalable OFDM | Massive MIMO | Mobile mmWave
Dual Connectivity | Advanced channel coding | VR/XR
Massive Internet of Things
Enhanced power save modes
Deeper Coverage | Grant-free UL
Narrow bandwidth | Efficient signaling
5G is far more than just mobile
To meet an extreme variation of 5G NR requirements

5G NR URLLC for new mission-critical services
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Industrial
automation
Aviation and public
safety
Autonomous vehicles
Smart grid/energy
Robotics
Remote medicine
Ultra-low 1 ms e2e latency
Faster, more flexible frame structure; also new non-
orthogonal uplink access
High reliability targeting 10-5 BLER1
Ultra reliable transmissions that can be time
multiplexed with nominal traffic through puncturing
High availability
Simultaneous links to both 5G and LTE for failure
tolerance and extreme mobility
A platform for tomorrow’s more
autonomous world
1Block Error Rate
5G NR URLLC for new mission-critical services

Ultra Reliable Time Sensitive Networking
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Ultra reliable time sensitive networking

Ultra Reliable Time Sensitive Networking
Ultra reliable time sensitive networking

5G positioning supports a wide range of IoT use cases
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Centimeter level accuracy
Meeting absolute accuracy requirements1 of down to 0.2m
Lower latency
Reducing positioning latency to as low as 10 ms
Higher capacity
Scaling to millions of simultaneous devices
(e.g., IoT, automotive)
Targets various accuracy
and latency requirements
For indoor and
outdoor applications
Complements existing
positioning technologies2
Radius based on RTT
Position along circumference
based on UL AoA
Roundtrip time
(RTT)
Angle of arrival /
departure (AoA/AoD)
Time difference
of arrival (TDOA)
New evaluation
scenarios
Supporting new
channel models
for industrial IoT
environment
Single-cell
positioning
Multi-cell positioning
Release 17
Enhancing capability and performance
for a wide range of use cases
Release 16
Meeting initial accuracy requirements of 3m
(indoor) to 10m (outdoors) for 80% of time
1 5G positioning requirements defined in TS 22.261; 2 Such as GNSS, beacons, sensors, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth © 2021 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
5G positioning supports a wide rage of IoT use cases

Precise positioning demo
Indoor Precise Positioning

Diverse system requirements
Scaling to more devices
New service values
Scalability
Realize low latency
Customization
Robustness
Privacy
Content closer to user
Immediacy
Personalization
Reliability
Efficiency
Intelligent
Wireless Edge
is critical to the IoT expansion
Edge cloud On-device

Current
Cloud-centric intelligence
IoT services depends on the central
cloud to extract value
Future
Distributed intelligence
Based on economic and performance
tradeoffs for IoT use cases
Latency as low
as 1 ms
Latency could be
over 100s ms today
Distribute functions to meet diverse system
requirements, e.g., latency, privacy
On-device
Efficiently expanding the IoT requires
a new distributed intelligence paradigm

Distributed functionality
Distributed processing,
like boundless XR
New services
Cloud computing, storage,
instant access
Real time assisted
services like voice UI
Low-latency gaming
On-premise control for
ultra-low latency
On-device intelligence
assisted by cloud
Compute, vision, sensing
AI powered use cases
Internal AI optimizations
5G low latency
Customized/local value
Content/storage/AI/processing
Longer latency
Big data/aggregated value
Content/storage/AI/processing
On-device
Enriched user experiences,
new use cases, new verticals

World’s first
5G and AI-enabled
robotics platform
Qualcomm Robotics RB5 is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Motor Control Mezzanine
Brushed DC motor control
Brushless DC motor control
Dynamixel smart motor control
Stepper motor control
Servo motor control
I/O expansion
Flexible commercialization
choices
System-on-Module, chip-on-board,
POP/non-POP packages
Sensor Mezzanine
Single and Dual IMU
Compass/Magnetometer
Pressure sensor
Temperature sensor
Chirp ultrasonic sensor
Digital PDM mic
DC/BLDC Motor drivers
Dynamixel smart motor control
Industrial Mezzanine
EtherCAT
EtherNet/IP
Modbus-TCP
PROFINET
Communication Mezzanine
5G, LTE,CBRS
Sub6, Quectel RM500Q-GL
Sub6 + mmWave, Quectel RM510Q-GL
Vision Mezzanine
12MP Main camera, IMX577
Tracking camera, OV9282
Depth camera, Intel RealSense D435i
Time-of-Flight (TOF) camera,
Panasonic V4T
GMSL2 camera, LI-AR0231
Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform

Building
Better
Robots,
Drones &
Intelligent
Machines
Qualcomm QRB5165, Qualcomm SDA845, Qualcomm QCS605, Qualcomm QCS603, Qualcomm QCS405, Qualcomm QCS404, Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK,
Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Platform and Qualcomm Flight Pro are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
Qualcomm
Robotics RB5
Platform
Qualcomm®
Robotics RB3
Platform
Qualcomm
Flight™ Pro
AWS RoboMaker
Linux
ROS 2
Altek
ModalAI
TDK Invensense
Thundercomm
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QCS405
QCS404
Good
QCS605
QCS603
Better
Best SDA845
QRB5165
Collaboration with
multiple ODM/CM,
technology, and
platform companies
Prototype and
commercialize robots
quickly with fewer
resource restraints
Qualcomm® Neural
Processing Engine
for AI/ML
OpenCL and Qualcomm
Computer Vision SDK
OpenCV and Open GL
Machine Vison SDK
Purpose built
silicon roadmap
for Robotics

Resources
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Robotics
Qualcomm Robotics
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/industrial-commercial/robotics
Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RArzm3h_0vg
Developer Support
https://developer.qualcomm.com/solutions/robotics

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